ASSOCIATE DEAN & FACULTY

Born in Italy, Violinist, Musicologist and Cultural Historian Franco Sciannameo studied in Rome at the Conservatorio di Musica “Santa Cecilia” (D.M. in Violin Performance, Literature, and Pedagogy), and later at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He holds advanced degrees in Historical Musicology and Cultural Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Always concerned with the role of artists in society, Sciannameo writes and lectures extensively on contemporary music and its relation to politics, cinema and the arts.

He has worked with a number of celebrated composers, including Giacinto Scelsi, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Franco Donatoni and Paul Chihara, with whom he collaborated on many performances and recordings. Sciannameo’s articles and essays are featured regularly in The Musical Times (London), and his most recent books include Nino Rota’s The Godfather Trilogy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010); Phil Trajetta (1777-1854), Patriot, Musician, Immigrant (CMS Monographs and Bibliographies in American Music, 2010); Music as Dream: Essays on Giacinto Scelsi (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013); and Experiencing the Violin Concerto: A Listener’s Companion (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). Sciannameo is Visiting Professor of Applied Musicology in the School of Music - Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communications at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.